On the new iPad app: Jenkins on Wimbledon’s women’s champ

Bruce Jenkins’ columns from Wimbledon appear first on the Chronicle’s new iPad app, as well as in the paper and e-editions. The iPad app can be downloaded on a free trial basis, and is always free to subscribers.

In today’s column, Jenkins writes about Petra Kvitova’s breakthrough victory in the women’s final. Here is an excerpt from the column:

Every time women’s tennis seems to be spinning out of control, a bit too rich on the glamour and the shrieking and that curious vacancy at the top, it finds salvation in the improbable. It finds a Francesca Schiavone or Li Na, or on a memorable Saturday at Wimbledon, it finds a champion in 21-year-old Petra Kvitova, who represents everything genuine about the sport.

Except for the occasional yelp of joy, she didn’t make a sound in her stunning 6-3, 6-4 victory over Maria Sharapova, who emits a preposterous howl on every shot, forces angry viewers to turn down the sound on their television sets, and undoes every shred of goodwill she might have earned through her admirable spirit and lifestyle.

The column is available now to readers of the Chron’s new iPad app. It is free to subscribers or can be downloaded for a free trial. Go to sfgate.com/iPad